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Stc - Represents an instance of the IVOA STC class

Description:
The Stc class is an implementation of the IVOA STC class which forms part of the IVOA Space-Time Coordinate Metadata system. See:

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/$\sim$arots/nvometa/STC.html

The Stc class does not have a constructor function of its own, as it is simply a container class for a family of specialised sub-classes including StcCatalogEntryLocation, StcResourceProfile, StcSearchLocation and StcObsDataLocation.

Constructor Function:
AST_STC
Inheritance
The Stc class inherits from the Region class.
Attributes
In addition to those attributes common to all Regions, every Stc also has the following attributes:

  • RegionClass: The class name of the encapsulated Region.
Functions
In addition to those routines applicable to all Regions, the following routines may also be applied to all Stc's:



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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
24th May 2011
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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